Graphics Synthesizer

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Overview

The first revision released, CXD2934GB, is known to have been manufactured using a 180 nm process and to consume 19 W of power (calculated from the official information that the initially released Emotion Engine consumed 18 W of power and that EE and GS together initially consumed 37 W of power).

There have been die-shrinks and optimizations over the years.

Revisions

  • 0.8: CXD2934GB
    • 180 nm process, 188 mm² die size
    • metal IHS
    • Copyright date: 1999
    • Used on motherboards: GH-001, GH-003, GH-005, GH-007, GH-012, GH-014, GH-016
  • 1.5: CXD2944GB
    • 108 mm² die size
    • plastic case
    • Copyright date: 2000
    • Used on motherboards: GH-004, GH-006, GH-008, GH-010, GH-013
  • 1.9: CXD2949GB / (reported as CXD2949BGB in PS2ident)
    • 96 mm² die size
    • Copyright date: 2001
    • Used on motherboards: GH-015 - GH-023
  • 1.11: CXD2949CGB
    • 83 mm² die size
    • Copyright date: 2002
    • Used on motherboards: GH-023 - ?
  • 1.11: CXD2949DGB
    • 73 mm² die size
    • Copyright date: 2003
    • Used on motherboards: ? - GH-032-54 - ?
  • CXD2972GB
    • Copyright date: 2006
    • Used on motherboards: PlayStation 3 COK-002
  • 1.15: CXD2980GB
    • GS was made dedicated again after combining EE with RDRAM, IOP and other components instead, has no cooling at all besides airflow
    • Used on motherboards: GH-061-12 - GH-072-42, thus used in every 79XXX and 90XXX slim PS2
  • CXD2980BGB
    • Copyright date: 2007
    • Used on motherboards:
  • 1.14: CXD2980CGB
    • Used on motherboards: